Johann Tschopp

Johann Tschopp

Johann Tschopp (2011)
To person
Date of birth	July 1, 1982
nation	Switzerland
discipline	Road / mountain bike
To the team
Current team	End of career
function	driver
Last updated: December 31, 2016

Johann Tschopp (born July 1, 1982 in Sierre ) is a former Swiss cyclist .

Career

Tschopp became a professional with the Swiss Phonak Cycling Team in 2004 after having ridden there the previous year as a stagiaire . He made his first appearance when he finished sixth in the Swiss time trial championships in June. At the Tour of Austria in 2005 , he was only just second behind Juan Miguel Mercado . He also took fourth place in the mountain classification there.

Tschopp took part in the Cyclocross World Championships in Monopoli in 2003 . His second professional success so far was a stage win at the Giro d'Italia . On this stage he also won the Cima Coppi , the mountain classification at the highest point of the Giro in honor of the cycling legend Fausto Coppi ahead of Gilberto Simoni . At the end of the 2014 season, he ended his road cycling career to focus on mountain biking.

In 2015 Tschopp became Swiss champion in the mountain bike marathon . After injuring his back that same year, he announced his final retirement from competitive cycling in August 2016.

successes

2009

• a stage La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

2010

• a stage of the Giro d'Italia

2012

• Overall standings and one stage Tour of Utah

2013

• Mountain classification Paris – Nice

2015

• Swiss champions - mountain bike marathon

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Giro d'Italia	41	45	-	-	126	34	16	14th	-	-
Tour de France	-	-	93	54	-	-	-	-	-
Vuelta a España	-	-	-	-	-	81	DNF	-	-	DNF

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

• 2003 Phonak ( stagiaire )
• 2004–2006 Phonak Cycling Team
• 2007–2008 Bouygues Telecom
• 2009-2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom
• 2011–2012 BMC Racing Team
• 2013-2014 IAM Cycling

Web links

Commons : Johann Tschopp  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Johann Tschopp in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Johann Tschopp in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Johann Tschopp in the Tour de France database(French / English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tschopp switches from road to mountain bike in 2015. In: Cyclingnews. November 20, 2014, accessed December 31, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Johann Tschopp dit stop. In: lenouvelliste.ch. May 12, 2015, accessed December 31, 2016 (French).